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Kerbal Space Program? Anyone?
Method of Madness:
Ah, I didn't try SAS, but I got it up 130km before activating the stages. I'm plunging to Earth right now. Still 100km or so up.
Method of Madness:
So I landed in the ocean and...I'm still in the ocean. Now what?
cesium133:
It looks like you're getting pretty far out. If you want to get into orbit, what you'll need to do is when you get to about 20 km, turn off SAS (or toggle it off temporarily with the F key) and slowly tilt your rocket so you point along the 90 degree line (east) on the navigation ball, starting about 20 degrees from the pole and gradually moving toward the horizon. If you press the M key, it'll give you a map that shows you what your path will be. When you're at the apogee, you'll want to fire horizontally until it shows your perigee above 70 km. To make it easier, you can set up a maneuver node by clicking on your path and then dragging the controls until you get the orbit you want. If you press M again to get out of map mode, it'll tell you how long you have to burn for, how long until your node arrives, and there will be a blue marker on the navigation ball to tell you what direction to burn in.
Warning - while you were typing a capsule has splashed down. You may wish to press Escape, hit "End Flight", and launch again.
Method of Madness:
Oh. What happens if I just keep heading straight up? Will it keep going indefinitely?
cesium133:
If you have enough fuel, you'll get onto an escape trajectory from the planet and start orbiting the sun. If you keep going, you'll eventually escape the sun, and then go off indefinitely.
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